Leadership is About Attention, Not “Employee Engagement”

How often do you hear someone say they wish they had more employee engagement? How often do you feel this way yourself, or wish you felt more engaged with a project you’ve been assigned?

Leadership/OrganizationalLex SchroederOctober 29, 2013engagement, Leadership, parity Comment

When Will Women Rule the World?

World leaders have long recognized the value of empowering women, for their sake and to help achieve such long-term social goals as eradicating poverty, educating children, combating disease, and protecting the environment

ParityTake The LeadOctober 28, 2013parity, Power, Women's LeadershipComment

Women’s Leadership: Moral Obligation or Good Business Decision?

Earlier this month I made my way to the The New York Times building for Impact Leadership 21’s “Collaboration: Moving Forward Together,” summit and awards

Senate Women Led Effort that Broke Congressional Deadlock

Given the qualities that distinguish women leaders, it’s not surprising that a bipartisan group of female Senators emerged as key leaders in the negotiations that broke the Congressional deadlock over reopening the government and raising the debt ceiling.

Susan Weiss GrossOctober 21, 2013Government, Leadership, Women and Power Comments

Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection

Feminism gave women of my generation an infinity of choices and opportunities to lead. We could cheer for the boys and play alongside them; look effortlessly elegant while chairing a board meeting, performing surgery, or saving the world.

Changing the Power Par...Debora SparOctober 18, 2013choice, feminism, womens movementComment

Hating on Millennials and What it Could Mean for Young Women

Generation Y just can’t win.

Career choicesKaitlin RattiganOctober 17, 2013ambition, Choices, millennials Comments

Listening to the Wisdom of Don Draper

Mad Men fans recently learned that season 7 of the show won’t start until spring 2014—here’s a feminist compilation of Peggy scenes from past seasons to hold you over—nevertheless, I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learned over the years from Don Draper.

Changing the Power Par...Lex SchroederOctober 15, 2013communication, draperisms, mad men, Women's LeadershipComment

Gloria Feldt's Broadway Debut

I recently had my Broadway debut and got to tell the world about Take The Lead. No, seriously, check out this video of Feminomics interviewing me and Susan Arnot Heaney at the Women Leadership Summit just after we had both spoken on a panel smack in the middle of Times Square.

Career successGloria FeldtOctober 10, 2013Career, Take The Lead In The News, WomenComment

Gearing Up for “Ideas That Move”

There are some ideas whose time simply have come. Leadership parity, pay equity, access to affordable healthcare, things like this. Then there are those ideas in our own life that we’d like to move past the idea stage and make happen.

High Quality Childcare and Early Childhood Education Should be at Top of Feminist Agenda

Sheryl Sandberg exhorts women to “lean in”and “close the ambition gap”, but it’s unlikely to happen as long as working mothers are left with sub-par options regarding the care and education of their young children.

ParitySusan Weiss GrossOctober 7, 2013childcare, education, Work/Life BalanceComment

Women Are the Faces of Business

Last week I was privileged enough to be invited to the launch event for Faces of Business, the Women’s Initiative of the Gloucester County Chamber of Commerce.

Ambition / IntentionKaitlin RattiganOctober 3, 2013career ambition, women in business, Women's LeadershipComment